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WHITEHALL
Councils plead for extra audit time
By William Eichler | 03 March 2023
English councils have pleaded for an extra month for local authorities to publish their draft una...
FINANCE
Slough rapped by auditor
By Martin Ford | 21 February 2023
Slough Council’s external auditor has uncovered ‘weaknesses in governance arrangements’ after loo...
WHITEHALL
CIPFA to 'look again' at select committee's report
By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023
Local government finance experts will ‘look again’ at a six-year-old report by MPs on improving t...
FINANCE
Auditor sounded alarm over BCP budget
By Martin Ford | 15 February 2023
Grave warnings were issued about 11th hour changes to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) C...
WHITEHALL
Performance body planned, but no league table return
By Dan Peters | 15 February 2023
Whitehall officials have told the sector they do not intend to create league tables as they push ...
WELFARE
Council benefits teams struggling, auditors warn
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
People are waiting longer for housing benefit claims while Scotland’s councils face soaring workl...
FINANCE
Brighton grapples with 'high risk' loan
By Martin Ford | 10 February 2023
Brighton & Hove City Council will have to put aside millions of pounds every year to cover a loan...
BUSINESS
Auditor calls for national changes after public interest report
By Dan Peters | 01 February 2023
External auditor Grant Thornton has called for national changes after cataloguing a ‘toxic’ cultu...
FINANCE
Call for fiscal freedom
By Martin Ford | 01 February 2023
Scotland’s councils face their ‘most difficult’ year of budget setting, politicians in Holyrood h...
FINANCE
Council investigates exit payments
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2023
Exit payments made to former Northumberland Council staff may have been unlawful, members have be...
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